Sunday 17th June 2007 is Father’s Day. This year think about giving the Dad in your life something that will show him how much you care, for him and for the planet. Here are our picks for a great green… Read More »Give a green Father’s Day gift
If your postman is looking tired and you’re fed up with the mountains of catalogues falling through your door every day, you probably won’t be too surprised to know that almost 5.4 million items of direct mail are sent out… Read More »How to reduce junk mail
I’m planning my family’s summer holiday. We want to stay in the UK to avoid flying, and will probably drive in our reasonably fuel-efficient Citroen Picasso diesel to make getting around easy, and we’d like to camp partly to keep… Read More »5 eco-friendly UK camping holidays with children
This is not as mysterious as it sounds. What I’m talking about is how to compost without a composter and how to compost without having a compost heap rotting in the corner of your garden. The method I’m suggesting is… Read More »How to be an undercover composter
In response to my previous post entitled 10 way to reduce food miles, Mary commented that: We’re so focused on food miles, which is important, but also another important way to make your diet more climate friendly is to significantly… Read More »How to have a greener diet
What on earth are food miles? They are the distance that your food travels from the grower to your plate, including travel to and from processor and retailer. Why should I want to reduce them? Because transporting your food long… Read More »10 ways to reduce food miles
You’ve been faithfully composting for well over a year, your compost bin is pretty full and when you pull the little hatch at the bottom of the bin open you can see lovely crumbly black stuff inside? Sounds like you’re… Read More »What to do with your compost
Going green is all the rage, but not everyone is taking the plunge. Why not? For starters, you may think that it takes a lot of effort or a lot of money to go green. This just isn’t the case.… Read More »12 easy ways to save the planet
The Big Green Switch says it’s easy to be green. You don’t have to sell your car or never leave this island to be considered green. You can make small changes that will make a big difference, and the Big… Read More »Making the Big Green Switch